2 Ams students won medals at the 2025 International Biology Olympiad

(Dan Tri) - The Ministry of Education and Training has just officially announced the results of the Vietnamese team participating in the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) 2025 in the Philippines.

Accordingly, the Vietnamese IBO team had 4 students competing and all 4 won medals, including 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.

The highest achievement belongs to Nguyen Luong Thai Duy, an 11th grade student at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. Duy ranked 7th out of 298 contestants.

Another Ams student, Le Hoang Kieu Anh, a 12th grader, won a bronze medal.

Two silver medals went to Nguyen Huu Thanh - Tran Phu High School for the Gifted, Hai Phong , and Bui Hoang Dai Duong - Quoc Hoc High School for the Gifted, Hue.

Vietnam IBO Team 2025 (Photo: Ministry of Education and Training ).

This achievement has put the Vietnamese team in the group of 10 countries with the highest total score. This is also a high achievement in all the competitions that Vietnam sent its team to participate in.

The 36th International Biology Olympiad was held in the Philippines from July 17 to 27 with the participation of 298 contestants from 81 countries and territories.

IBO 2025 consists of two official exam days: 1 theory exam day with 2 exams, each 180 minutes long and 4 labs, each 90 minutes long.

In fact, due to extra time to prepare specimens and equipment, the candidates took the practical exam continuously for 12 hours, from 12:30 on July 22 to 0:30 on July 23.

The two theory exams have 85 questions, with topics revolving around practical global issues such as: environmental pollution, green growth, carbon neutrality, combating climate change, community disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of some basic diseases according to the principles of precision medicine.

Meanwhile, the practical exam challenges candidates in their ability to interpret electrocardiograms, blood and urine biochemistry tests, interpret X-ray images, analyze genes and proteins, and measure the activity of molecules in cells to identify and predict the evolution of parasitic pathogens.

The International Biology Olympiad (IBO) is often considered the leading comprehensive international competition in natural sciences at high school level worldwide, requiring comprehensive knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, environment, and basic laboratory skills, ranging from the molecular, organismal to the ecosystem and biosphere levels.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/2-hoc-sinh-truong-ams-gianh-huy-chuong-olympic-sinh-hoc-quoc-te-2025-20250726222930026.htm